{"id":5892,"name":"","email":"","language_id":1,"permalink":"dries-van-elke","deleted":false,"legal_status_id":null,"url_1":"https://driesvanelke.com/about","twitter":null,"category_id":47,"date_of_birth":"2000-01-01T00:00:00.000+01:00","place_of_birth":null,"country_of_birth":null,"place_of_residence":null,"country_of_residence":null,"cached_privileges_list":"User","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"can_log_in":false,"firstname":"Dries ","lastname":"van Elke","annotation":"","url_2":"","url_3":"","cached_name":"Dries  van Elke","date_of_death":null,"cached_name_asc":"van Elke, Dries ","stream_count_app":11,"gender":"male","platform_admin":null,"description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":"","short_description_uk":"","description_tr":"","short_description_tr":"","poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/095/835/large/2026_Dries_Van_Elke_OPB_F002zw.jpg?1777542428","poster_credits":"© the artist — photo: M HKA","media_count":1,"items_count":0,"translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"margin-left:0px;\"\u003eDries van Elke was born in Kyiv, Ukraine. From 2017 till 2023 he attended Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. During that period, he moved to Belgium to continue his studies in Antwerp. His practice encompasses performance, drawing and media art, within which\u0026nbsp;he moves freely to create situational work.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-left:0px;\"\u003eVan Elke won the Hugo Roelandt Prize in 2025 with his graduation project at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp. This prize honours Hugo Roelandt (1950–2015), a pioneer of Belgian performance art who deliberately operated outside the art market. It supports artists who work with performance, installation, photography and socially critical themes. M HKA invites Dries van Elke for an INBOX presentation, \u003ca href=\"https://ensembles.org/events/inbox-dries-van-elke-riverheads?public=1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eINBOX: Dries van Elke — Riverheads\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/a\u003e 01/05 – 24/05/2026.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eDries van Elke is geboren in Kiev, Oekraïne. Van 2017 tot 2023 studeerde hij aan het Polytechnisch Instituut van Kiev. In die periode verhuisde hij naar België om zijn studie in Antwerpen voort te zetten. Zijn praktijk omvat performance, tekenen en mediakunst, waarbij hij vrijelijk tussen deze disciplines schakelt om situationele werken te creëren.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVan Elke won in 2025 de Hugo Roelandt-prijs met zijn afstudeerproject aan de Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten in Antwerpen. Deze prijs eert Hugo Roelandt (1950–2015), een pionier van de Belgische performancekunst die bewust buiten de kunstmarkt opereerde. De prijs ondersteunt kunstenaars die werken met performance, installatie, fotografie en maatschappijkritische thema’s. Het M HKA nodigt Dries van Elke uit voor een INBOX-presentatie \u003ca href=\"https://ensembles.org/events/inbox-dries-van-elke-riverheads?locale=nl\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eINBOX: Dries van Elke — Riverheads\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/a\u003e 01/05 – 24/05/2026.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eDries van Elke est né à Kiev, en Ukraine. De 2017 à 2023, il a étudié à l'Institut polytechnique de Kiev. Au cours de cette période, il s'est installé en Belgique pour poursuivre ses études à Anvers. Sa pratique artistique englobe la performance, le dessin et l'art médiatique, entre lesquels il évolue librement pour créer des œuvres contextuelles.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVan Elke a remporté le Prix Hugo Roelandt en 2025 grâce à son projet de fin d'études à l'Académie royale des Beaux-Arts d'Anvers. Ce prix rend hommage à Hugo Roelandt (1950–2015), pionnier de l'art de la performance belge qui a délibérément choisi de rester en marge du marché de l'art. Il soutient les artistes qui travaillent dans les domaines de la performance, de l'installation, de la photographie et des thèmes de critique sociale. Le M HKA invite Dries van Elke pour une présentation \u003ca href=\"https://ensembles.org/events/inbox-dries-van-elke-riverheads?locale=fr\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eINBOX: Dries van Elke — Riverheads\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/a\u003e 01/05 – 24/05/2026.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"locations":[{"country":"UA","place":"Kyiv","category":{"en":"Born in","nl":"Geboren in","fr":"Né à"}},{"country":"BE","place":"Antwerp","category":{"en":"Lives in","nl":"Leeft in","fr":"Vit à"}}]}